STHC-L: The Science, Technology and Health Care Archives Forum

RE: Informal archives staffing survey

• Date:   Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:33:16 -0800
• To:   sthc-l@library.ucla.edu
• From:   Steve Novak   < SNovak AT coh.org >
• Subject:   RE: Informal archives staffing survey
• Message-ID:   3005D9FD8E313843AAB5D5C67E26E683646995@exchmbx1.coh.org

Jim, I will reply as well as I can. See below. 

1) Name of your organization
City of Hope National Medical Center and Beckman Research Institute. 

2) Size of membership 

3) Size of staff (entire organization--full-time equivalent, if that makes a difference) 
c. 2,700 employees, about 200 MDs and 150 PhDs and nurses, social workers, etc. 

4) Annual budget (entire organization) 
c. $350 Million 

5) Size of archives staff (full-time equivalent--separate professional and para-professional 
     if appropriate) 
One FTE, to be expanded to two. 

6) Date (year) your archives was established 
about 30 years ago, though it has been informal 

7) Size of archival collections in cubic or linear feet (separate processed and unprocessed 
     if possible) 
unknown 

8) Do you have library, records management, or similar "allied professional" responsibilities in 
     addition to your archival duties? If so, please give your best estimate of the percentage 
     of your time devoted to those responsibilities.
no 

9) Do you have any current plans for up-sizing or down-sizing of your archives staff? 
see answer five, increasing to two in next few months